Epi 164 A Study of 4 White Belt World Champions 2016

This week we interview four people who won IBJJF worlds as a white belt in 2016. The interviews are comprised of the same four questions that we hope give you some insite into why they are winning. This is a great way to find out how some people are finding competition success early on in their BJJ career.

Maui Lacaze (39m 56s)- Light Feather From GF Team. You will find Maui training atMillenium. Maui was able to submit all his opponents at worlds.

Maui Lacaze

Maui talks about:

Winning every match at worlds by submission

What BJJ is like in French Polynesia

Starting BJJ with his cousin

His game plan

His training schedule

Surfing

His plans for competing in the future

Getting his blue belt

Gabriela Lembcke (45m 40s)- Rooster From Alliance. You can find Gaby training at Snow MMA. She credits some of her early success to wrestling and having a great BJJ team. You can watch a video of Gaby’s match in the finals here.